Medical Update:
No. 19 Playboy/Uniden Racing Ford Crawford driver Memo Gidley sustained a compression to the L1 vertebra and a minimal compression to the T12 vertebra according to Dr. Lawrence of St. Mary’s Medical Centre in Long Beach. Gidley’s injuries were sustained in a crash in Turn 1 during the morning warm-up for today’s Crown Royal Grand American Challenge of Long Beach. Gidley will be replaced in the No. 19 machine for today’s race by Alex Barron.